Guilty plea in Upshur County murder

A capital murder defendant pleaded guilty today in an Upshur County Courtroom to the December kidnapping and killing of a Longview man.

Daniel Paul Jones’s was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Authorities say Jones, along with Sarah Haslam and Andrew Norwine robbed 27-year-old Ronnie Joe Gammage and later kidnapped and beat him before slicing his throat and setting him on fire. Haslam and Norwine remain in the Upshur County Jail awaiting trial.